Fishing line changer



Jan.- 25, 1949. M, l ROARK 2,459,963

FISH-ING I LINE CHANGER Filed May l2, 1947 Patented Jan. 25, 1949 i i f UNITED .smi-lss PATENT oFF-Ica FIsHiNdwLINE CHANGER Martin Luther mark, Elizabethton, Tenn. application May 12, 1947,'s'er`ia1No. 747,522

fishermens appliances for changing the shprovide a simple, inexpensive apparatus for-the purpose stated which canibe used by either 4righthanded or left-handed iishermento wind off an ysgolaime. (C1. 24a-'85) :i:

old line Yfrom a flshingreeland wind a newline on the same.

low cost and sold within the means of most iish- Y ermen.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends invention resides in the novel features of the construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will rst be fully described u and then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my apparatus set up for a right-handed fisherman.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same looking in the direction of the arrow a in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same looking in the direction of the arrow b in Fig. l.V

Fig. 4 is a detail section on the line Fig. 1.

In the drawing in which like numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, I represents the base of the apparatus. Mounted midway of the right and left-hand sides of the base is a support 2 that is secured to the base in any approved way, as by screws 3. Y lThe support 2 has a bearing aperture 4 for a winding shaft 9 later again mentioned.

Detachably secured to one side or other (depending on whether the apparatus is to be used by a right-hand or left-hand fisherman) of the base I is a second support 5. The support 5 is secured by screws 6 and has a bearing aperture l which is in alignment with aperture 4 to receive the shaft 9. The base I has screw-receiving recesses 8 at each side to receive the screws 6. The shaft 9 has a pair of drum flanges i0 which are spaced apart and between which a fishing line (not shown) can be wound on the shaft. The flanges Ill are spaced from the supports 2 and 5 by suitable collars Il secured to the shaft by screws I2. The outer end of the shaft 9 is squared, as at I3, to receive a conventional reel handle I6 which is held in place by a screw I5 and washer I4.

The shaft 9 has a small hole Il located between the-flanges I0. vIt also has a slightly tapered end'4 Ill-through `which isQdrilledy a vsmall holen.. *Y

A Vand Brepresenta pair of reel* holders vone of which is locatedin line with the hole il and the other in line with the vhole I9. rEachV holder vA, B, comprises a generally cylindricalb'ody 20 having a longitudinal recess 2| shaped to receive the usual mounting plate (not shown) of a fishing reel.

A permanently located reel-holder cap 22 is secured to one end of the body 2i! by a fastening screw 23, a second screw 23 serving to hold the other end of the body 29 to the base. The body 20 has a slide way 2d in which operates the mounting plate 26 of a movable reel-holder cap 25, the plate 26 being slotted, as at 21, to pass the last mentioned screw 23 which acts as a stop for the cap 25.

The drum flanges I0 may be made integral with the shaft 9 or integral with the collars II as may be found most desirable.

Operation To change the line on a reel, the fishing reel is rst placed in reel holder A and cap 25 is pushed over the mounting plate of the reel to hold it in place. The loose line and from the reel is passed through hole Il and shaft S is then turned to wind the line on the shaft between the flanges I0. After the line has been removed from the fishing reel, the reel is then transferred to reel holder B. The spool containing the new or desired line is then pushed onto the end I8. The loose end of the new line is tied to the drum of the reel and the reel cranked to wind the new line on the same.

The apparatus may be made of any suitable material desired.

If the apparatus is to be used by a left-handed fisherman, support 5 is unscrewed, handle I6 disconnected and shaft 9 withdrawn from its bearings 4 and 1. Support 5 is then secured to the opposite side (right-hand side in Fig. 1) with shaft 9 reversed in its bearings 2 and When so set up reel holder B isrst used for unwinding purposes and holder A is then used for new line winding purposes.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it is thought the construction, operation and advantages of my apparatus will be clear to those skilled in the art to which lt relates.

WhatI claim is:

1. -In apparatus of the class described a base,

a support mounted on the base midway between opposite sides of the base, a second support mounted on one of said sides, said supports having aligning shaft bearings, a shaft rotatably mounted in said bearings and one endof said shaft extending beyond the rst mentioned support to receive a line-carrying-spool, a crank on the other end of said shaft, spaced apartdrum flanges on the portion of said shaft which lies between said supports, a reel holder-mountedon said base in aposition in line with the space between the drum anges, and a second reel holder mounted y,on said base in transverse alignment With the extended end of said shaft.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 whereinv the -base has provisions whereby the second men- Y tioned support can be interchangeably mounted on either side as desired.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the shaft-between the anges has a line-receiving hole.

4v.` An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the base hasprovisions whereby the second mentioned support can be interchangeably mounted Von either side as desired and wherein saidextended end of thek shaft is tapered to receive and retain by friction a line spool.

5. In apparatus of the class described, a hase,

4 two spaced-apart supports mounted on the base and having aligned shaft bearings, a shaft rotatably mounted'in said bearings, spaced-apart drum flanges on said shaft located between said supports,- one end of said shaft projecting beyond one of its supports and over a portion of the base to receivea line spool, means to detachably mount a fishing reel on said base in position to have its line unreeled from the fishing V'reel onto said shaft, and other means on said base to detachablyniount a fishing reel in position to receive the line from a line spool when such spool is located on said one end of said shaft.

MARTIN LUTHER ROARK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 

